{"nrhp_refnum":"12000834","name":"Neal Terrace","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8811 Detroit Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.47945577400003,"lon":-81.74480679199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-10-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Neal Terrace is a complex of 48 Classical Revival townhouse units in two mirror-image rows facing a central lawn at 8811 Detroit Avenue in Cleveland's Cudell neighborhood, built in 1906.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion A for community development and planning, as a product of the early 20th-century residential boom along Detroit Avenue's streetcar corridor. It is described as Cleveland's largest documented terrace built all at once and a rare, distinctive terrace type with paired rows facing a landscaped courtyard. Its basic exterior form and interior plans survive.","narrative":"Neal Terrace is a block of 48 townhouse units on Detroit Avenue in Cleveland's Cudell neighborhood, arranged in two long rows that face each other across a wide lawn. Permits were taken out in April 1906 by C. J. Neal, who built the complex beside his own house. Each row measures about 30 by 500 feet, with red pressed brick fronts, rock-faced concrete block sides and rears, and cantilevered semi-octagonal bay windows. Each porch serves two units, creating a steady rhythm along the courtyard. The complex was listed for its role in the surge of apartment and row housing that followed streetcar service, industry and population growth along Detroit Avenue. It is described as the city's largest documented terrace erected at one time and a rare example of terraces set around a central lawn instead of along a street. Alterations include vinyl windows, 1965 porch rebuilding and a shortened parapet, but the overall form and plan remain.","period_of_significance":"1906-1930","architect_builder":"Uthe, Charles W.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Historic and current function is multiple dwelling; masonry exteriors survive intact and in good condition, though windows, porches and interior finishes have been altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.847985-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/12000834.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000834/37fa63a18f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000834/37fa63a18f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cricchetti","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neal_Terrace_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Cricchetti</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neal_Terrace_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984696","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137682354"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/neal-terrace-12000834/"}